This is not a drill: Symmetra 2.0 is now playable in 'Overwatch'
Go get it, Overwatch fans.
Symmetra — the shiny, new Symmetra with her sweet Shield Generator and Photon Barrier — is now live and playable in the Overwatch Public Test Region (PTR). She was revealed in an update from game director Jeff Kaplan earlier on Tuesday.
The PTR is a live play environment accessible to anyone that owns Overwatch on PC. Progress made in the PTR doesn't count or carry over, but it gives fans a chance to try work-in-progress updates and Blizzard a chance to base balance tweaks on live feedback.
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To get yourself into the PTR, open the Battle.net client and open the "Region / Account" pulldown menu located just above the "Play" button. Choose the PTR from that menu, wait for any updates to download and you'll be good to go.
There's no word on when the PTR update will carry forward to the actual game on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but it usually doesn't take more than a couple weeks. The Tuesday release came as a surprise to begin with.
The new and improved Symmetra sports updates to her Ultimate, her shielding ability and her primary weapon. The changes — which you can read about in detail right here — are intended to free her from a dependence on situations that require her Teleporter Ult.
Here is Sym's new Shield Generator Ult in action. It gives 75 shield to any allies in its area of effect (which is quite large).
Here's her Photon Barrier, which is shaped roughly like Reinhardt's shield but travels forward in a straight line at the same speed as Symmetra.
And finally, here's Symmetra deploying six sentry turrets at once. Her 2.0 form can store as many as six (up from three), but she's still limited to six active sentries at a time.
Topics Blizzard Entertainment Esports Gaming
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